This artist rendering provided by Daytona International Speedway shows a proposed addition to the grandstand area Daytona International Speedway.

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Jeff Gluck
| USA TODAY

Daytona International Speedway's "complete re-imagining" of the frontstretch grandstands could impact its summer race, but the Daytona 500 date will remain in February despite construction.

DIS president Joie Chitwood III unveiled an ambitious project to overhaul the stands and bring them up to the level of new stadiums commonly seen in football and baseball, but was short on details as to what kind of impact it might have on the track's schedule.

The speedway's capacity is 147,000. No word on what the capacity would be post-renovation. ...